Quote/s of the Day – 18 February – Thursday after Ash Wednesday, Readings: Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Psalms 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6, Luke 9:22-25
“The servant is not greater than his Master”
John 13:16
“Only let it be in the name of Jesus Christ,
that I may suffer together with Him!
I endure everything
because He Himself,
Who is perfect man, empowers me.”
St Ignatius of Antioch (c 35 – 107)
“Oh cherished cross!
Through thee my most bitter trials
are replete with graces!”
St Paul of the Cross (1604-1775)
“Humility, obedience, meekness
and love are the virtues
that shine through the Cross
and the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar.
O my Jesus, help me imitate you!”
“To labour and to suffer
for the One we love,
is the greatest proof of our love.”
St Anthony Mary Claret (1807-1870)
“It is only through suffering
that we become holy.
And to become holy is our only purpose in life,
our only preparation for heaven.”
Bl Francis Xavier Seelos CSsR (1819-1867)
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Prayer is what the world needs combined with the example of our lives which testify to the Light of Christ.
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"For the Saints are sent to us by God
as so many sermons.
We do not use them, it is they who move us
and lead us, to where we had not expected to go.”
Charles Cardinal Journet (1891-1975)
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